Herbert Burgess

Herbert Burgess

Personal information
Full name	Herbert Larry Burgess
Date of birth	(1883-02-25)25 February 1883
Place of birth	Openshaw, Manchester, England
Date of death	1954 (age 70-71)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Glossop North End
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1903–1906	Manchester City	85	(2)
1906–1910	Manchester United	49	(0)
000	Kristiania F.C.
1914–1918	MTK Budapest
International career
1904–1906	England	4	(0)
Managerial career
1921–1922	MTK Budapest
1922–1926	Padova
1926–1928	Milan
1928–1930	Padova
1930–1932	Roma
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Openshaw, Manchester, Burgess began his football career with Glossop North End, but soon signed for Manchester City. He made his debut for City on 5 September 1903, playing at left back away to Stoke City on the opening day of the 1903–04 season. In 1906, in the wake of a scandal regarding players' wages, Manchester City were forced into selling most of their players, and Burgess was purchased by Manchester United along with Sandy Turnbull, Jimmy Bannister and Billy Meredith. After helping the club to the 1907–08 Football League title, Burgess left the club and moved to Denmark to play for Kristiania. He then emigrated to Hungary, where he played for MTK Budapest, before becoming their manager. In the 1920s, Burgess' managerial career took him to Italy, where he became the manager of Padova. He had a two-year spell at Milan before returning to Padova, but two years later he was on the move again, this time to Roma.

Burgess was capped four times for England.